Sanderlin v. Luken
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil ACTION from Currituck:, beard by consent of parties before Q. W. Ward, J., at chambers, in Elizabeth City on 12 May, 1910. The facts relevant to the controversy and the questions presented for decision are very well stated in the brief of counsel for appellant as follows: “This is a case involving the constitutionality of the act of the General Assembly of North Carolina of 1909, ch. 442, authorizing the establishment of levee or drainage districts; of the validity of…
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Civil ACTION from Currituck:, beard by consent of parties before Q. W. Ward, J., at chambers, in Elizabeth City on 12 May, 1910. The facts relevant to the controversy and the questions presented for decision are very well stated in the brief of counsel for appellant as follows: “This is a case involving the constitutionality of the act of the General Assembly of North Carolina of 1909, ch. 442, authorizing the establishment of levee or drainage districts; of the validity of bonds which the commissioners of a drainage district, purporting to have been established under the act, have contracted…
1Opinion of the Court
Hoke, J.,
after stating the case: The power of the Legislature to create special taxing districts for public purposes, separate and distinct from the ordinary political subdivisions of the State, such as counties, townships, etc., was declared and approved in the case of Smith v. School Trustees, 141 N. C., 143, and like power to create special assessment districts has been upheld by the Court in several well-considered decisions. Asheville v. Trust Co., 143 N. C., 360; Busbee v. Commissioners, 93 N. C., 143; Commissioners v. Commissioners, 92 N. C., 180; Shuford v. Commissioners, 86 N. C.,…
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